$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 81 of 283

Svi Soudai was already in the lead but he extended it after sending another player out. He was sitting with 274,000 when an early position player shoved for 37,000. Soudai moved all in over the top and the big blind player thought about coming along.

He released and Soudai was in great shape with dominating . They both hit the flop but Soudai was still outkicking his opponent. The board finished and to push Soudai’s stack over 300,000.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 81 of 282

The field continues to grow even as tables are broken down. We are down to nine tables with 81 players but that will fluctuate as new players join.

Jon Borenstein is making his first appearance of the series and he’s already more than tripled his 30,000 starting stack. It was a different story for Tristan Wade when the Florida pro was a quick enter and exit after dinner.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Entries: 282

The dinner break is over and players are back in their seats, ready to grind down through Level 15. Those with chips at that time will bag them up to join the 28 from Flight A.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 276

Level 9 came to an end and Flight B players are heading out of the poker room for 40 minutes of relaxation away from the tables.

They will return around 6:10pm and begin the process of playing down through Level 15.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 269

The day is more than halfway complete and players will enjoy an extended break for dinner after Level 9. They’ll have 40 minutes to grab a bite or relax before returning to play six more levels.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 261

In the blink of an eye, the entry count blasted over 251 after a quick run to the registration desk. Event 1 now has more than 500 combined entries to push the prize pool over the guaranteed $150,000.

Players have the rest of the day to register or play tomorrow or max-late reg on Sunday afternoon very near the money bubble.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 244

Cards are back in the air and Chad Millward continues to set the pace at the top of the leaderboard. He began his day with a 30,000 stack, ran it up to 130,000 before the first break, and went on the second with 245,000.

That’s halfway to Michael Newman’s end-of-day chip lead for Flight A with nine more levels to go. Former SHRP champ Francis Margaglione appears to be the only other player over 200,000 but they have six hours to build a bag.

Top stacks and notable counts:

Chad Millward – 245,000
Francis Margaglione – 206,500
Bullet Bob Saunders – 145,000
Al Gomez – 121,000
Charlemagne Benjamin – 111,500
Stuart Greenbaum – 105,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 83,500
Wally Maddah – 69,700
Jacquelyn Scott – 67,000
Abbey Daniels – 41,000
John Magnetta – 37,000
Erik Christensen – 23,600
Daren Stabinski – 18,800

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 237

The second break of the day is underway and players are taking advantage of the facility outside of the poker room.

We will track down our top stacks and a few notable counts while they are away.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 232

With 232 entries in Flight B, they are closing in towards to magic number of 500 combined to hit the guarantee. It will hit this afternoon, now the question is if it gets there before or after the next break in 30 minutes.

We continue to see more of our regulars join the series for the first time including SHRP favorite Al Gomez. He’s always having a good time and can win some cash while enjoying himself. Gomez latest score came earlier this year win he finished second in the $250 Seminole Hard Rock Escalator Series event.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 210

The count continued to climb after the break and we are on the verge of hitting the magic number of 251 to notch the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. At this rate, doubling up that number is a possibility when you consider the huge Saturday crowd we expect tomorrow.

The field is not getting any softer and we found two more of our successful regulars taking their first shot of the series.

Abbey Daniels hit the big time here in Hollywood back in 2011. She made the big WPT televised final table during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and binked a solid $286K payout.  She has tournament wins from around the state including a Fun in the Sun win right here and a WPT Regional score at our sister room in Coconut Creek.

Nancy Thomas has a handful of final table appearances in our major events but none bigger than last January. She went deep in the 4,756-entry opening tournament during the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, one of the biggest fields in state history, and took home more than $100,000 for a runner-up finish.